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Chris Combs: Jacob Fred's Tulsa Tale
by Daniel Lehner
On a Memorial Day in 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, an encounter between a young black shoe shiner named Dick Rowland and a white elevator operator named Sarah Page--an incident that was reported with hazy details and shocking incompleteness--started one of the most brutal and tragic race riots in American history. Even more tragic, however, was how little ...
Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011
by C. Andrew Hovan
32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 As chance would have it, over the past 20 years or so attending the Labor Day festivities at the Detroit Jazz Festival, there have only been a handful of weekends marked by less than optimum weather conditions. On average, the gods have largely smiled down ...
Gerry Mulligan / J.J. Johnson / Sarah Vaughan / Misha Mengelberg & Piet Noordijk: Live At Concertgebouw
by David Rickert
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam was a stop for quite a few notable jazz musicians during the 1950s and '60s, and for the past few years the Dutch Jazz Archive has released a concert from their archive at the rate of one per year. Judging by what has been released, it seems that many of these musicians ...
McCoy Tyner Trio with Gary Bartz: New York, NY, September 1, 2011
by Lawrence Peryer
McCoy Tyner Trio with Gary BartzBlue NoteNew York, NYSeptember 1, 2011 With all of the thunder and lightning he has summoned for more than fifty years, pianist McCoy Tyner kicked off eight sets over four nights at Manhattan's Blue Note Jazz Club on Thursday, September 1, 2011. ...
Yusef Lateef: Eastern Sounds Turns 50
by Alan Bryson
Think back fifty years to the days portrayed on the TV series Mad Men. In 1961, John Kennedy and Billboard's Easy Listening Chart were inaugurated, a freedom riders bus was fire-bombed in Alabama, Rock Hudson was on the big screen, and Doris Day was selling albums. As teenagers and their swinging parents were ...
Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011
by Matt Marshall
32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 In its 32nd year, the Detroit Jazz Festival decided to drop “International" from its name, only to turn around and proclaim “We Bring You the World." An interesting distinction, but the festival's scope was covered, nonetheless. The celebration brought to Detroit not only artists and ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Fe...Faith
by Dan McClenaghan
Cuban-born/Miami-based pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba boasts a discography of some 25 albums, including a dozen discs for the esteemed Blue Note label. Having established star status for himself with numerous Grammy nominations and two wins, Rubalcaba steps out with the first release on his independent 5Passion label, Fe...Faith.Over the course of his career, Rubalcaba has ...
Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!
'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. ...
SFJAZZ Collective: Live in New York Season 8 - Music of Stevie Wonder
by John Kelman
SFJAZZ Collective Live in New York Season 8: Music of Stevie Wonder SFJAZZ 2011 One old adage says, “If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But another says, “Change is good." For the first time in its eight touring seasons, the SFJAZZ Collective has found a way to manage ...
John Coltrane - The Impulse! Albums Volume 4 (Hip-O Select, 2011)
This ongoing series of boxed sets has been taking the recordings of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane and restoring them to their original LP format, stripping alternate takes, extra liner material and the like while returning the music to its originally released format, with the artwork and notes as appeared during their first release in 1965-1968. ...
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